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Starting
High School
2021
Open evenings: September/October
Recommended submission date: 23 October 2020
Closing date: 31 October 2020
Offer date: 1 March 2021
Apply online at www.eadmissions.org.uk
High school open day programme September/October 2020 Open Evenings Date High school Time Tuesday 15 Sept Ark Soane Academy 5:30pm to 6:30pm Wednesday 16 Sept Elthorne Park High School 5:15pm to 8:30pm Wednesday 16 Sept Northolt High School 5:30pm to 7:30pm Thursday 17 Sept The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School 5:30pm to 8:30pm Thursday 17 Sept The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls 6pm to 8:30pm Thursday 17 Sept Villiers High School 4:30pm to 7:30pm Tuesday 22 Sept Alec Reed Academy 5:30pm to 7:30pm Wednesday 23 Sept Brentside High School 5:30pm to 8:30pm Wednesday 23 Sept Featherstone High School 5pm to 7:30pm Thursday 24 Sept Dormers Wells High School 5pm to 8:30pm Thursday 24 Sept Drayton Manor High School 5pm to 8pm Thursday 24 Sept Twyford CofE High School 5:30pm to 8:30pm Wednesday 30 Sept Ada Lovelace CofE High School 5pm to 8pm Thursday 1 Oct Ark Acton Academy 5:30pm to 8pm Thursday 1 Oct William Perkin CofE High School 5pm to 8pm Tuesday 6 Oct Ark Soane Academy 5:30pm to 6:30pm Thursday 8 Oct Ealing Fields High School 5pm to 8pm Thursday 8 Oct Greenford High School 5pm to 8pm Thursday 15 Oct Ark Soane Academy 5:30pm to 6:30pm Thursday 22 Oct Ark Soane Academy 5:30pm to 6:30pm Open Mornings Date High school Time Tuesday 15 Sept Ark Soane Academy 9:30am to 10:30am Tuesday 6 Oct Ark Soane Academy 9:30am to 10:30am Saturday 10 Oct Ark Soane Academy 9:30am to 10:30am Thursday 15 Oct Ark Soane Academy 9:30am to 10:30am Thursday 22 Oct Ark Soane Academy 9:30am to 10:30am Kindly note that there is no on-site parking at the schools. IMPORTANT *Please ensure that you contact the school prior to attendance for information on any special arrangements due to social distancing* 2 Starting High School 2021
Contents
Open evenings for parents and pupils 2
List & map of Ealing High Schools 4-5
School statistics table 6-7
Key dates 8
Applying for high school 9
How to apply 10 - 11
Admission of children outside their normal age group 12
Post offer day guidance 13
Appeal process 14
Apply online / Check list 15
Ealing maintained schools
Ada Lovelace CofE High School 16 - 17
Ark Acton Academy 18 - 19
Ark Soane Academy 20 - 21
Alec Reed Academy 22 - 23
Brentside High School 24 - 25
Dormers Wells High School 26 - 27
Drayton Manor High School 28 - 29
Ealing Fields High School 30 - 31
Elthorne Park High School 32 - 33
Featherstone High School 34 - 35
Greenford High School 36 - 37
Northolt High School 38 - 39
The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School 40 - 41
The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls 42 - 43
Twyford CofE High School 44 - 47
Villiers High School 48 - 49
William Perkin CofE High School 50 - 51
Additional information
Documentary evidence 53
In-year admissions 54
University technical colleges and studio schools 55
Special education provision 56
Useful contacts 57
List of neighbouring local authorities 58
School terms and holidays 59
Admissions enquiries 59
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Foundation Schools Voluntary Aided Schools
Brentside High School The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic
The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls High School
Greenford High School
Northolt High School
Villiers High School
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School Age Published Number The distance Appeals Appeals Appeals Appeals
Range intake at of and criterion of Lodged heard upheld Refused
11+ applications the last person
to be offered on
2019 2020 2 March 2020 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018
Ada Lovelace CofE 11 - 19 200 866 1059 0.885 miles 51 14 42 8 9 3 33 5
High School (distance)
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Ark Acton Academy 11 - 19 180 248 241 All applicants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
offered
Ark Soane Academy 11 - 19 180 - - - - - - - - - - -
(New school proposed (Year 7
to open in 2021) only)
Alec Reed Academy 11 - 19 180 254 269 All applicants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
offered
Brentside High School 11 - 19 288 1092 887 All applicants 14 11 13 3 6 0 7 3
offered
School statistics table
Dormers Wells High School 11 - 19 240 779 703 1.123 miles 15 7 12 7 0 1 12 6
(distance)
Drayton Manor High School 11 - 19 240 1392 1170 1.434 miles 7 4 7 4 0 0 7 4
(distance)
Ealing Fields High School 11 - 16 150 1114 1136 0.637 miles 25 16 25 13 2 1 21 12
(distance)
Elthorne Park High School 11 - 19 240 1038 993 0.920 miles 23 11 23 10 4 1 20 9
(distance)
Featherstone High School 11 - 19 280 786 751 0.522 miles 13 13 13 13 1 2 12 11
(distance)
Greenford High School 11 - 19 300 1684 1620 0.621 miles 49 38 49 28 14 10 35 18
(distance)
Northolt High School 11 - 19 180 257 248 All applicants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
offered
The Cardinal Wiseman 11 - 19 310 1663 1404 Practicing Catholic 29 30 29 30 0 1 29 29
Catholic School attending a
feeder school:
2.158 miles
The Ellen Wilkinson 11 - 19 216 488 509 3.210 miles 6 0 5 0 2 0 3 0
School for Girls (distance)
Twyford CofE High School 11 - 19 190 1458 1513 Foundation: 78 71 64 61 9 9 55 52
1.333 miles
(21 Points living
outside named
Deaneries)
World Faith:
0.357 miles
(20 Points living
in Ealing Deanery)
Villiers High School 11 - 19 240 406 505 All applicants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
offered
William Perkin CofE 11 - 19 200 1343 1396 0.315 miles 54 51 48 42 9 4 39 38
High School (nearest high
school)
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*Appeal figures not available at time of printing
Key dates
You will be able to apply online at:
Application www.eadmissions.org.uk
1 September process opens Paper applications will be available from the admissions
team on request.
Ensure that you attend the open evenings for your
September / Open Evening preferred school(s).
October dates Please see page 2 for details on the Open Evenings for
Ealing high schools.
If you are making a paper application you are strongly
Recommended advised to submit this to your child’s primary school by
23 October submission date 23 October. Primary schools will be closed for half term
from 26 to 30 October.
If you are applying online, you will have up until
11.59pm on 31 October to submit your application.
Closing date for
31 October applications If you are applying on a paper form you will need to
ensure your application is received by the admissions
team by 31 October.
If you applied online you will receive an email during the
National offer evening with the outcome of your application.
1 March day If you made a paper application a letter will be posted
to you, first class, with the outcome of your application.
You must confirm if you are accepting or declining the
place that has been offered. If you do not respond the
Offer response offer may be withdrawn and offered to another child.
15 March deadline Online applicants can respond through their eadmissions
account. Paper applicants will need to complete and
return the reply slip enclosed with the offer letter.
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Applying for high school
Starting high school Late applications
If your child was born between 1 September 2009 and 31 The closing date for receipt of all applications either paper or
August 2010 s/he will transfer from primary to high school in online is, 31 October, applications received after this date will
September 2021. be considered late and will be dealt with after the offer date
of 1 March.
Co-ordinated admissions system
Under the Pan-London Co-ordinated Admissions System, If your application is received after the closing date of 31
all parents living in the borough of Ealing can apply October you are greatly decreasing your chance of obtaining a
for up to six different state maintained high schools place at your preferred school.
or academies in or outside the Borough of Ealing. This
is done online at www.eadmissions.org.uk or by If you have returned an application between 1 November
completing a paper application. and 10 December and any of the below apply you must
contact the Admissions Team as your application may be
Preferences need to be ranked in order of priority. This is considered on time:
important as we will offer the highest preference possible and • You have recently moved
withdraw your application for your lower preferences. • You have proof that your application was submitted on-time
but has not been received by Schools Admissions before
Where a school is oversubscribed, its published admissions 31 October.
criteria will be used to decide the order in which applicants will • You have exceptional circumstances for lateness (e.g. where
be offered places. Schools will not see where they are ranked a single parent/carer has been ill and the illness prevented
in your preference order and no school will see any other the application being made on time or the family has been
preference schools you have applied to. dealing with the death of a close relative).
Please note this system only applies to schools in the state Moving address
maintained sector. If you are applying to private/independent If you move after submitting your application form but before
schools you need to contact them and apply direct to the school. the closing date, 31 October you must inform the Admissions
Team or if applying online you can update your online
All new schools proposed to open in 2021 will be outside the application with your new address, up to the closing date.
co-ordinated application process. Parents wishing to apply Failure to update your address may result in the
to those schools will need to contact the school directly and withdrawal of the school place offered.
apply on the school’s application form.
If you move address after the closing date of 31 October and
Parents are strongly advised to also apply for established are offered a place in an Ealing School you will be entitled to
secondary schools through the co-ordinated system as retain that place if you wish.
there is no guarantee at this point that the new schools
will open in 2021. If you move after the closing date but before the 10 December
you may update your address and make new on-time
Deciding on your preferences preferences. If you wish to use your new address and change your
You are strongly advised to name your nearest non-faith school preference schools you will need to contact the Admissions Team.
as one of your school preferences. Before deciding on your Please note that you must be living in the property by
remaining preferences you should: 10 December for the new address and preferences to
be considered.
• Attend any meeting held by your child’s primary school
explaining how to apply for high school. The last date for applications or changes to be entered onto
• Attend open evenings at as many schools as possible. the system is 10 December therefore no changes can be
• Read the admissions criteria for each school you are considered after this date until after the offer date of 1 March.
applying to. It is very important that you look at each
school’s admissions criteria in relation to your circumstances The admissions staff
so that you are aware of the order in which places are The admissions staff are available Monday - Friday to give help
allocated at over-subscribed schools. and advice to parents on 020 8825 5522 between 9am and
• Look at the school statistics table on pages 6 & 7 to see 12noon or email: mainroundadmissions@ealing.gov.uk
the criterion and distance from home to school of the
last child to be offered a place. Each year parents are
disappointed because they apply to schools where they
are clearly outside of the distance or criteria to be offered
a place i.e. distance from home to school is far greater
than the last to be offered or are a lower criteria.
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How to apply
Applying online Address: Please check that your address is within Ealing
If your child was born between 1 September 2009 and before completing a paper form, online applications will
31 August 2010 you can apply online for a high school place automatically be submitted to the home Local Authority.
from 1 September to 31 October.
If your child is in Year 6 but their date of birth does not fall The address used must be your home address. Please do not
in the above range you will need make a paper application. provide a business address, child-minder’s address, relative’s
address or any address other than your home address.
How to apply online
Providing an incorrect or false address may result in your
Go to www.ealing.gov.uk/admissions for our ‘step by
application being cancelled and any place offered on the
step’ guide on how to apply online. You will then be directed
basis of the address will be withdrawn.
to www.eadmissions.org.uk to make your application.
Shared responsibility: Where the parents have shared
First you will be asked to register with eadmissions, you
responsibility and the child is residing with one parent for the
will then be supplied via email with a username and a
majority of the time or on a permanent basis, the address of
password to access your eadmissions account. Once
this parent must be used for the purposes of the application.
these have been received you will be able to log in and
complete your application.
Where parents have shared responsibility and the child
lives with each parent for half of the calendar year, the
Please keep your log in details safe as they will enable you
parents must come to an agreement as to whose address
to view and if necessary amend your application (up until
will be used for the application. This address will be used
the closing date) and to view the outcome on 1 March.
to process the child’s application and can only be changed
If you change your email address after submitting your
after the beginning of the academic year unless the address
application you must update your eadmissions account
of the chosen parent changes during the admissions
with your new email address to ensure you receive
process. Proof of residency may be required.
your offer email.
In all other cases of personal or family arrangements
When your application has been submitted you will be sent
the address of the parent will be taken as the main
an email confirming your application details with a unique
residence unless there is irrefutable evidence that the
16 digit application reference number that will look like the
child lives elsewhere either full-time or for most of the
following: 307-2021-09-E-123456.
year with an adult under arrangements which have
been endorsed by a court.
This unique reference number is your proof of having
submitted an application, please keep it somewhere safe.
Preferences: You may list up to 6 different state maintained
If you do not have an application reference number
high schools or academies in or outside the Borough of Ealing.
you have not completed the application.
You should try and use all the preferences available to you.
To apply on paper you will need to contact the Admissions
We recommend that you apply to at least one non faith
Team for an application form.
school which is nearest to your home as distance is used by
many schools to decide which children are offered places.
Completing your online or paper application
Parent/Carer details: Please enter details of the person with Consider the admissions arrangements of each of the
parental responsibility for the child. All correspondence will schools you are applying to and, using the information
be sent to the address provided. If your address is different about how places were offered in the past, consider how
to the child’s address you will need to provide a written successful your application might be. You will find the
explanation with the application. statistics on page 6 & 7 which show how places were
allocated at Ealing schools last year.
Child’s details: Please complete your child’s name as it
appears on their birth certificate. Do not use shortened The order in which you list your preferences is very
names or nicknames. important. If more than one of your chosen schools is able
to offer you a place you will receive an offer for the school
Current school: Please complete the details of the primary you have placed higher in your preference order and will be
school your child is attending, even if this is independent or withdrawn from the lower preference schools.
outside the Borough of Ealing. If your child changes primary
school after you submit your application, it is important that
you notify us.
10 Starting High School 2021How to apply
Sibling claim: If your child has a sibling (brother or sister) The SIF must be completed in addition to your application
attending the school you are applying to you must enter and must be returned directly to the school before the closing
their name and date of birth on the form in order to be date. Please do not send these to Schools Admissions.
considered for sibling criteria (If there is more than one
sibling attending the school please give details of the The closing date for receipt of all applications either paper
youngest child). Siblings are generally defined for the or online is, 31 October.
purpose of school admission in Ealing as all blood, half,
foster, step and adoptive brothers and sisters (not cousins), If you are applying on paper we strongly recommend that
living at the same address on a permanent basis or for the you submit your application form to the primary school by
majority of time in any calendar year. Please check the Friday 23 October 2020 so that the school can forward it
individual school’s sibling criteria to confirm if sibling to School Admissions before the half-term holiday. Please
priority can be awarded. note: If your child attends a private school or a school
in another authority you will need to return the form to
Exceptional medical/social circumstances: Please see School Admissions, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road,
the admission criteria for the school(s) you are applying Ealing, W5 2HL.
to for details on exceptional medical/social criteria and
supporting documents required. If the school(s) you What to expect after you have completed
are applying to do not have an exceptional medical/ your application
social criteria no priority can be awarded based on your Online applications will receive an automatic
circumstances. Please note that supporting documents acknowledgement once the form is submitted, you will
should be sent directly to the school concerned. receive an email confirming your application details with
your unique 16 digit application reference number.
Looked after/previously looked after claim: If you are
completing your application for child that is currently in There is no acknowledgement for paper applications. It is
the care of a local authority please complete the relevant very important that you ask for a receipt if you are handing
section, giving the name of the local authority that the your form in or keep proof of postage.
child is in the care of. You will need to attach a letter from
the child’s social worker to your application.
Documentary evidence required
If your child was in the care of a local authority Please provide copies only, do not send original
immediately prior to adoption or becoming subject to a documents.
residence, special guardianship, special educational or
child arrangements order you will need to provide a copy Proof of date of birth
of the order or proof of adoption and proof of your child’s Proof of your child’s date of birth needs to be provided
previous looked after status. with the application e.g. Medical Card.
If your child was in state care outside of England and Proof of address
ceased to be as a result of being adopted you will need We do not require proof of address with your application
to provide evidence with the application for priority to form. Ealing Council will check internal council databases
be considered. in order to verify your address. Where it is not possible to
verify your address or if you have recently moved we will
Child of UK service personnel (UK Armed Forces) and write to you advising that proof is required. Please see
Crown Servants claim: If you are not living in Ealing but page 53 for details.
have a confirmed posting to the area, or if you are a crown
servant returning from overseas you will be allocated Important:
a place in advance of arriving into the borough. Your Please note that provision of an incorrect home address or
application must be accompanied by an official letter that other false information is likely to lead to the withdrawal
confirms a relocation date and a Unit postal address or of an application or offer of a school place based on that
quartering area address. information. If there is any doubt as to the validity of
the address given the matter will be put in the hands of
Supplementary Information Forms (SIF): If you are an investigator.
applying to voluntary aided school’s e.g. faith schools,
boarding schools or selective schools you will be required
to complete an additional Supplementary Information Form
(SIF). These can be obtained directly from the school and, for
Ealing schools, are available on the Ealing Council website.
Starting High School 2021 11Admission of children outside
their normal age group
Parents may seek a place for their child outside of their If you wish to make an application for admission outside
normal age group, for example, if the child is gifted and of your child’s normal age group you must make this
talented or has experienced problems such as ill health. request in writing to the admission authority of the
school concerned.
Admission authorities must make decisions on the
basis of the circumstances of each case and in the best This should be made at the time of application or in the
interests of the child concerned. This will include taking case of primary to high school transfer before the closing
account of the parent’s views; information about the date 31 October.
child’s academic, social and emotional development;
where relevant, their medical history and the views of a You will need to provide all of the reasons why you feel it
medical professional; whether they have previously been is in your child’s best interests to be placed outside of their
educated out of their normal age group; and whether normal age group. You should also provide supporting
they may naturally have fallen into a lower age group if evidence with your request i.e. school reports, medical
it were not for being born prematurely. They must also reports, professional recommendations or any other
take into account the views of the head teacher of the documents that you wish to be taken into consideration.
school concerned.
For Elthorne Park High school you should address your
When informing a parent of the decision on the year group request to ‘The Head of Admissions’ and send this with your
the child should be admitted to, the admission authority supporting documents to High School Admissions, Ealing
must set out clearly the reasons for their decision. Council, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, W5 2HL.
Where an admission authority agrees to a parent’s For all other Ealing high schools you should address
request for their child to be admitted out of their normal your request to ‘The Chair of the Governing Body’ and
age group and, as a consequence of that decision, the send this with your supporting documents directly to the
child will be applying during the main round admissions school(s) you have applied for. You will need to send your
process the local authority and admission authority must request to each school on your application form.
process the application as part of the main admissions
round, unless the parental request is made too late for If you are applying to schools in other boroughs please
this to be possible. contact the relevant local authority for information on
how to make a request for admission outside of your
Offers are made on the basis of the schools determined child’s normal age for schools in their borough. The
admission arrangements only, using the oversubscription telephone numbers of neighbouring authorities can be
criteria. The application will not be given lower or higher found on page 58.
priority on the basis that the child is being admitted out
of their normal age group.
Parents have a statutory right to appeal against the
refusal of a place at a school for which they have applied.
This right does not apply if they are offered a place at the
school but it is not in their preferred age group.
12 Starting High School 2021Post offer day guidance
This is what we will do The Community Schools in Ealing will hold waiting lists for
Provided that your application was received by the one term after which the waiting list will cease. If parents
closing date: If you applied online you will receive an wish for their child to continue on the waiting list after
email during the evening of 1 March with the outcome 31 December they will need to write and request this.
of your application. If you made a paper application,
on 1 March we will send you a letter by first class post For own admission authority schools please check the
confirming the outcome of your application. individual schools admissions arrangements.
If we are unable to offer you a place at any of your Late offer rounds
preferred schools, we will offer you a place at the school Ealing Council co-ordinates the offers for Schools in Ealing
closest to your home address that has a vacancy as far as until the end of the summer term. After the initial offer date
practically possible. We strongly advise that you accept of 1 March the following timetable will be followed:
the school offered, until you have secured a place at an
alternative school.
Round Closing date Offer date
This is what you need to do
You must confirm whether you are accepting or 2 26 March 1 April
declining the place that has been offered by 15 March.
If you have applied online you can simply log into your
eadmissions account and accept or decline online. If 3 16 April 22 April
you have applied on paper you will need to complete
and return the reply slip enclosed with your offer letter. 4 30 April 6 May
If you do not respond to your offer the place may be
withdrawn and offered to another child.
5 14 May 20 May
Waiting lists
Your child will automatically be placed on the waiting list
for any higher preference schools for which you did not After 21 May offers will be made as and when vacancies
receive an offer. become available.
If you change address whilst waiting for a school place you Please note that during the late offer rounds any
must be living at the address before the new address can applications/information received after the closing
be taken into consideration in your application and proof date will not be considered until the following round
will be required, see page 53 for details. of offers.
Please be aware that any changes to your
preferences after the offer date are unlikely to
be successful as the majority of schools will have
allocated all of their places. It is therefore extremely
important that you list the schools you want in the
correct order on your application form.
When vacancies arise, places will be allocated according to
the over-subscription criteria. Vacancies will be offered to
the pupil with the highest priority on the waiting list not
on a “first come, first served” basis. The position of a pupil
on the waiting list changes frequently and can move down
as well as up if other pupils that have a higher priority have
their names added to the waiting list. Length of time on
a waiting list does not give any priority. Places are offered
from the waiting list if they become available.
Starting High School 2021 13Appeal process
Appeal arrangements First Stage: establishing the facts, at which the panel considers
You have the right under the School Standards and whether the school’s published admission arrangements:
Framework Act 1998 (as amended by the Education Act
2002) to appeal to an independent appeal panel if your child a) comply with the mandatory requirements of the School
has not been allocated a place at your preferred school(s). Admissions Code and Part 3 of the School Standards and
There is no right of appeal in respect of applications for Framework Act 1998.
nursery schools or classes. b) were correctly applied in the individual’s case, and
decides whether “prejudice” to the efficient provision of
education would arise were the child to be admitted.
Appeals in respect of community schools
in the London Borough of Ealing Following the first stage if the appeal panel is not satisfied
You will receive a letter or email advising whether a place is that there would be prejudice if the child were admitted
to be offered at the school of your preference. If you decide to the school, where there is only a single appeal for the
to appeal, please contact the School Admissions Service for school the panel should allow the appeal. For multiple
an appeal form or download the form from Ealing’s website: appeals for the same school, the appeal panel can only
www.ealing.gov.uk. You should return the completed uphold the appeals if they decide that all the children who
form by the date stated on it. An independent appeals panel, are the subject of the appeals could be admitted without
advised by an independent clerk, hears all appeals. Staff in prejudice to the school. If prejudice is proven for either a
the: Committee Section, 5th Floor (NE3) Perceval House, single or multiple appeals, the panel must move onto the
14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing W5 2HL will write to advise second stage.
you of the date and time of the hearing and where it will be
held. You can phone them on 020 8825 8292. You will be Second Stage: balancing the arguments: at which the panel
invited to attend the appeal and we strongly advise you to exercises its discretion, balancing the degree of ‘prejudice’
do so. If you have any questions regarding appeals please caused to the school by the admission of an extra child
contact the Committee Section and not School Admissions. against the prejudice caused to the child by not being
admitted to their preferred school. The panel will consider
Guidance for parents both arguments and evidence in support of each before
Independent advice on how to appeal can be sought from arriving at their decision.
• ACE, Advisory Centre for Education. www.ace-ed.org.uk
ACE offer free advice via telephone 0300 0115142 Mon- Decision of the appeal panel
Wed 10am to 1pm Term time only The decisions of admission appeal panels are binding
• Coram, Children’s Legal Centre provide free advice on on admission authorities and parents and can only be
the appeals process: www.childresnlegalcentre.com overturned by the courts.
telephone 08088 020 008 Mon-Fri 8am to 8pm.
Parents wishing to ascertain how likely it is that their appeal
will be upheld can look at the statistics on pages 6 and 7. Complaints to the Local Government
Ombudsman
Appeals in respect of community schools The Local Government Ombudsman can investigate written
in other boroughs complaints about maladministration on the part of a panel
that considered an appeal relating to a community, voluntary
Please contact the relevant Local Authority. The telephone
aided or foundation school. Complaints relating to academy
numbers of neighbouring authorities are listed on page 58.
appeals should be made to the Young Persons Learning
Agency (YPLA). This is not a further right of appeal and must
How to appeal for a place at an academy, relate to issues such as the panel’s failure to follow correct
voluntary-aided or foundation school procedures or act independently and fairly.
You will need to contact the school(s) for details of their
arrangements and an appeal form as these schools manage Judicial review
their own appeals.
Judicial review may be available where an independent
appeal panel is wrong on a point of law. Any application for
Powers of appeal panels Judicial Review must be made within 3 months of receipt of
Appeals other than those against decisions made on the a decision. Parents might wish to seek legal advice before
grounds of class size prejudice (the School Standards and pursuing this option.
Framework Act 1998 as amended by the Education Act
2002, limits infant classes to 30 pupils) must follow a two
stage process.
14 Starting High School 2021Apply online at www.eadmissions.org.uk
Why apply online?
1. It’s quick and easy to do
2. You will receive instant confirmation by email that your application has been received
3. There is no risk that your application will get lost in the post
4. You can change your details and school preferences online up to the closing date
5. The system is secure and available 24 hours a day 7 days a week up to the closing date
6. You can register your mobile phone number to receive reminder alerts
7. You can view the outcome of your application on 1 March, no waiting for the postman
8. You can accept or decline the place offered online, no paperwork to send in
9. You can attach supporting documents to your online application
10. It is more environmentally friendly
Need help? Contact: 020 8825 5522 or email: mainroundadmissions@ealing.gov.uk
Keep a note of your application reference number here
Reference number:
If you have not received a reference number similar to this: 307-2021-09-E-123456 your application has not been completed.
Keep a note of your log on details here
User ID:
Password:
Check list
Before you apply Before the closing date
Have you? Have you?
Checked that your address is in Ealing if you Completed your online application and received your
are applying on paper (online applications will unique 16 digit reference number or returned your
automatically be submitted to your home Authority). paper form to Schools Admissions (if your child is in
a maintained Ealing primary school this should be
Attended any meetings held by your child’s primary
handed into the school by the recommended closing
school explaining how to apply.
date of 23 October).
Attended open evenings for your preferred schools.
Provided proof of your child’s date of birth with your
Read Ealing’s prospectus, individual school’s application.
prospectus, & the school’s oversubscription criteria to
Completed and returned the supplementary information
ensure that you choose schools where your child has
forms for any voluntary aided, boarding or selective
a realistic chance of being offered a place.
schools you have applied to.
Spoken to staff in the Schools Admission Service or
your preferred school to clarify any issues you are not If you are claiming Exceptional Medical/Social
sure about, don’t forget our advice sessions. circumstances:
Checked that your preferred school considers exceptional
circumstances as part of their admissions criteria.
Sent supporting documentary evidence to your
preferred school.
Starting High School 2021 15Ada Lovelace CofE High School DfE No: 307/4002 Park View Road, Ealing, W5 2JX 020 3540 0200 admissions@adalovelace.org.uk www.adalovelace.org.uk Headteacher Keir Smith Type of school Academy, mixed Ages 11 to 19 Specialism Music, Language, Digital Technologies, Science Published admission number for year 7 200 Open day programme 2020: Wednesday 30 September 5pm to 8pm, headteacher’s talk at 5:15pm, 6:15pm and 7:15pm Location: Ada Lovelace is on Park View Road. The 112 and 483 bus stops a short walk away with Ealing Boradway and North Ealing Station in close proximity (cental line, district line & overground). 16 Starting High School 2021
Ada Lovelace CofE High School
Admissions criteria How places were offered in 2020
The below criteria has been summarised, for the full
Admissions Offers made on national
admissions policy and arrangements please visit the school
criteria offer day
website: www.adalovelace.org.uk
Criteria 1 & 2 All applicants offered
Published admission number: 200 places
Criteria 4 Distance of last child to be
Where the number of applications is less than the published offered: 0.885 of a mile
admission number all applicants will be offered a place.
Where the number of applications is greater than the Waiting lists
published admission number; after the allocation of If Ada Lovelace Church of England High School cannot offer a
children with an EHC plan, the admission criteria will be place you will be offered the opportunity of placing your child’s
applied in the following order of priority: name on the waiting list. This waiting list will be maintained by
the school strictly in the order of the oversubscription criteria and
1. Children who are Looked After or Previously Looked not in the order in which the applications are received. If a place
After and those who immediately after being looked becomes available, the child who is first on the waiting list will
after became subject to adoption, a child arrangement be offered a place. Whenever a child joins the waiting list the list
order, or special guardianship order. will be reordered in accordance with the oversubscription criteria
above. The waiting list will run until the end of the school year.
2. Children with a sibling already on-roll at Ada Lovelace
CofE High School when they apply. A sibling relation Specialist language places
does not apply when the child currently on roll will leave 10% of places within Ada Lovelace CofE High School will be
the school before the sibling starts. offered to students applying for a place in Year 7 with an
identified natural aptitude for language.
3. 10% of places for children showing an aptitude for
language. Places will be allocated in order of ranked How to apply:
assessment score. • Apply to Ada Lovelace CofE High School in accordance with
the Local Authority’s co-ordinated admission arrangements
4. The remaining places will be allocated in accordance using the Home Local Authority Common Application Form.
with the Tie Breaker arrangements (see below). • Complete the Language Scholarship application form online
on the school website by the specified Language Scholarship
Tie breaks closing date Friday 2nd October 2020 at 12 noon.
Distance will be used as the first ‘tie-breaker’ if two or • All Language Scholarship applicants will be invited to
more applicants are equally qualified for a place within the attend a language and linguistic aptitude assessment.
oversubscription criteria. • Your child’s assessment score will be issued via email
together with their ranked position on the Language
Distance is measured in a straight line from home to the nodal Scholarship List. Whether your child is offered a place
point which is the centre point of the school’s permanent site, will depend upon your ranked position for a Language
Park View Road, Ealing W5 2JX (Easting 518492 Northing Scholarship place at the time of offers being made as well
181419), using the Local Authority’s computerised mapping as yours and others applications order of preference on
system based on ordnance survey data. the Home Local Authority Common Application Form.
• Students who are not offered a Language Scholarship
In cases where applicants live equidistant from the school, place in March will be placed on a Language Scholarship
the available place will be allocated using a random Waiting List, ranked according to their score. If a place
computer selection by Ealing Local Authority. becomes available it will be offered to the applicant who
is highest on the waiting list. In the case of a tie on score,
Multiple birth and same year siblings those students living nearer the school, measured in a
In cases where only one place is available and twins or straight line from a point in the property of the child’s
multiple- birth children tie for the last available place, home address (including flats) to the nodal point which is
then both or all will be offered even if this exceeds the the centre point of the school’s permanent site Park View
published admission number. Road, Ealing W5 2JX, will be given priority.
Where one twin has an Education, Health and Care plan
that names the school, the other twin will be treated as
For detailed information about the school and to
having a sibling link for that academic year.
read their prospectus please visit the school website:
www.adalovelace.org.uk
Starting High School 2021 17Ark Acton Academy DfE No: 307/4007 Gunnersbury Lane, Acton W3 8EY 020 3110 2400 info@arkacton.org www.arkacton.org Headteacher/principal Oliver Knight Type of school Academy, mixed Ages 11 to 19 Published admission number for year 7 180 Open day programme 2020: Thursday 1 October 5:30pm to 8pm, headteacher’s talk at 5:45pm & 6:30pm Location: The School is on Gunnersbury Lane within 5 mins walk of Acton Town underground station (Piccadilly and District lines). The E3, H40, 7, 70, 467/427 and 207 buses stop nearby. 18 Starting High School 2021
Ark Acton Academy
Admissions criteria How places were offered in 2020
The below criteria has been summarised, for the full
Admissions Offers made on national
admissions policy and arrangements please visit the school
criteria offer day
website: www.arkacton.org
Criteria 1 to 4 All applicants offered
Published admission number: 180 places
Where the number of applications is greater than the Waiting lists
published admission number; after the allocation of Any child refused a place at the academy will automatically
children with an EHC plan, the admission criteria will be be put on a waiting list (unless a higher preference school
applied in the following order of priority: has been offered.) A waiting list will be maintained until the
end of the academic year after which it will be cleared.
1. ‘Looked After Children’ and children who have
previously been a ‘Looked After Child’ but immediately The waiting list is maintained in the order of the
following this became subject to adoption, a child oversubscription criteria only (not application date). This
arrangements order or special guardianship order means that names can move down the list if, e.g. someone
moves into the area and is higher placed under the
2. Children of staff at the academy who occupy, or have oversubscription criteria.
been recruited to, a post where there is a demonstrable
skill shortage. Ark Schools must approve the Principal’s Parents/carers have the right to request their child is
assessment process and designation of such posts to removed from the waiting list at any time. Once removed,
confirm the staff members ‘eligibility under this criterion. the child cannot be reinstated on the waiting list without
Priority will be limited to one place for each form of entry submitting a new application.
in any year (i.e. 6 places in each 6-form year group).
If a place becomes available it will be allocated to the
3. Children who, at the time of admission, have a first child on the waiting list, in accordance with the
sibling who attends the academy. For this purpose, oversubscription criteria. If that offer is declined the place
“sibling”means a whole, half or step-sibling or an will be offered to the next child on the waiting list.
adopted child resident at the same address.
Sixth form admissions
4. Distance measurement – priority will be given to those Applications for sixth form are made directly to the school.
children who live closest to the school. Please visit the school website for the sixth form admissions
The Local Authority measures distance on behalf of Ark policy: www.arkacton.org
Schools. Ealing Council use Ordinance Survey Data and
the LLPG (Local Land Property Gazetteer) to calculate
straight line distance between the child’s home and the
main entrance to the academy. For detailed information about the school and to
read their prospectus please visit the school website:
Tie breaks www.arkacton.org
If Ark Schools is unable to distinguish between applicants
using the published oversubscription criteria, places will
be offered via a random draw which will be supervised by
someone independent of the academy.
Twin or children from multiple births
In the case of multiple births or siblings in the same year
group, where there is only one place available in the
academy, all will be considered together as one application.
Starting High School 2021 19Ark Soane Academy DfE No: TBC Mill Hill, London, W3 8JH 020 3116 0800 info@arkonline.org www.arksoane.org Executive/principal Peter Haylock Type of school Academy, mixed Ages 11 to 19 Published admission number for year 7 180 Open day programme 2020: Tuesday 15 September 9:30am to 10:30am and 5:30pm to 6:30pm Tuesday 6 October 9:30am to 10:30am and 5:30om to 6:30pm Saturday 10 October 9:30am to 10:30am Thursday 15 October 9:30am to 10:30am and 5:30pm to 6:30pm Thursday 22 October 9:30am to 10:30am and 5:30pm to 6:30pm Location: The school will be located on the site of the current Acton College – Ealing Hammersmith & West London College, Mill Hill Rd, London, W3 8JH. 20 Starting High School 2021
Ark Soane Academy
Admissions criteria Priority will be limited to one place for each form of entry
Ark Soane Academy is a co-educational, non-selective, non- in any year group (i.e. 6 places in each 6-form year group).
denominational secondary school, opening in September 5. Distance measurement – A child’s home will be the
2021 in Ealing. Applications for Year 7 2021 will be outside address at which the child normally resides and which has
the normal local authority process for co-ordinating school been notified to the academy and other relevant agencies
offers. This means you will need to complete your LA as being the child’s normal place of residence.
common application form for your other choices of school • Zone A: One-third of places offered under this criterion
in addition to a separate application for this school. will be allocated to children who live closest to the school
using straight-line measurement from the main entrance
As the application to Ark Soane Academy is ouside of the of the academy to the main entrance to the child’s home.
co-ordinated admissions process this will not be counted • Zone B: Two-thirds of places offered under this criterion
as one of your 6 preferences. This will be an additional will be allocated to children who live closest to the Acton
preference, and if offered, you can choose for your child Old Town Hall, High Street, W3 6LE using straight-line
to attend Ark Soane Academy or the school offered to you measurement from the main entrance of the Old Town
through the Local Authority. Hall to the main entrance to the child’s home.
Applications for Ark Soane Academy should be sent directly to Where the number of remaining places is not divisible by
the school. Please visit arksoane.org for details on how to apply. three, the percentages will be rounded to the nearest whole
number. For the purpose of in-year admissions from the
The closing date for applications is 31 October 2020 waiting list, children with the nearer distance from either site
Offers will be made on 1 March 2021. If we have not entered will have priority for admission.
into a funding agreement with the Secretary of State by that
date, they will be conditional offers and will be confirmed Tie-break
once we have a signed funding agreement. If Ark Schools is unable to distinguish between applicants
using the published oversubscription criteria, including those
who live in blocks of flats within the same building, places
Admissions criteria
will be offered via a random draw which will be supervised
The below criteria has been summarised, for the full by someone independent of the school.
admissions policy and arrangements please visit the school’s
website: www.arksoane.org Twin or children from multiple births
In the case of multiple births or siblings in the same year
Planned admission number: 180 places group, where there is only one place available in the school,
all will be considered together as one application.
Where the number of applications is less than the planned
admission number all applicants will receive an offer. If more
applications are received than the number of places available, Waiting lists
they will be considered against the criteria set out below. The school will operate a waiting list for each year group.
Where the school receives more applications for places than
After the allocation of children with an EHC plan, the admission there are places available, a waiting list will operate until the
criteria will be applied in the following order of priority: end of the academic year. This will be maintained by the
1. Looked-after children and children who were previously school and it will be open to any parent to ask for his or her
looked after but immediately after being looked after child’s name to be placed on the waiting list, following an
became subject to adoption, a child arrangements order, unsuccessful application.
or special guardianship order.
2. Children of staff at the school who occupy, or have Children’s position on the waiting list will be determined
been recruited to, a post where there is a demonstrable solely in accordance with the oversubscription criteria. Where
skill shortage. Ark Schools must approve the Principal’s places become vacant they will be allocated to children on
assessment process and designation of such posts to the waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription
confirm the staff members’ eligibility under this criterion. criteria. The waiting list will be reordered in accordance with
Priority will be limited to one place for each form of entry the oversubscription criteria whenever anyone is added to or
in any year group (i.e. 6 places in a 6-form year group). leaves the waiting list.
3. Children who, at the time of admission, have a sibling
who attends the school. For this purpose, “sibling” means
a whole, half or step-sibling or an adopted child resident
For detailed information about the school and to
at the same address.
read their prospectus please visit the school website:
4. Children of staff in the school who have been employed at
www.arksoane.org
the school for two or more years at the time the application
is submitted. Ark Schools must approve the Principal’s
decision to allocate places to staff under this criterion.
Starting High School 2021 21Alec Reed Academy DfE No: 307/6905 Bengarth Road, Northolt, Middlesex UB5 5LQ 020 8841 4511 enquiries@alecreedacademy.co.uk www.alecreedacademy.co.uk Headteacher/principal Allison Moise-Dixon Type of school Academy, mixed Ages 3 to 19 Published admission number for year 7 180 Open day programme 2020: Tuesday 22 September 5:30pm to 7:30pm, headteacher’s talk at 5:45pm Location: The Academy entrance is on Bengarth Road, off Church Road. Northolt tube (Central Line) and bus services 90, 120, 140, 282, E7 and E9 serve the Academy. There is a footbridge over the A40 from which a direct footpath leads into the Academy. 22 Starting High School 2021
Alec Reed Academy
Admissions criteria How places were offered in 2020
The below criteria has been summarised, for the full
Admissions Offers made on national
admissions policy and arrangements please visit the school
criteria offer day
website: www.alecreedacademy.co.uk
Criteria 1 to 5 All applicants offered
Published admission number: 180 places
Where the number of applications is less than the published Waiting lists
admission number all applicants will be offered a place. Where in any year Alec Reed Academy receives more
applications for places than there are places available, a
Where the number of applications is greater than the waiting list will operate. This will be maintained by the
published admission number; after the allocation of Academy and it will be open to any parent to ask for his or
children with an EHC plan, the admission criteria will be her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list, following
applied in the following order of priority: an unsuccessful application and, if wanted, an appeal for
the school.
1. Looked after children and previously looked after
children (previously looked after children are children The child will remain on the waiting list for one term.
who were looked after, but ceased to be so because Children’s position on the waiting list will be determined
they were adopted or became subject to a child solely in accordance with the over-subscription criteria set
arrangements order or special guardianship order). out above.
2. Confirmed special medical reason which necessitates Sixth form admissions
attendance at Alec Reed Academy (a letter from a Applications for sixth form are made directly to the school.
qualified medical practitioner is required as proof of Please visit the school website for the sixth form admissions
such a reason). policy: www.alecreedacademy.co.uk
3. Special personal circumstances relating to the student
which necessitate attendance at Alec Reed Academy
(supporting written evidence will be required from a For detailed information about the school and to
professional e.g. social worker). read their prospectus please visit the school website:
www.alecreedacademy.co.uk
4. Brother or sister is still in attendance at Alec Reed
Academy Primary or High School at the date of
admission. This includes siblings living in the same
household, step-siblings and adopted siblings, but does
not apply to cousins.
5. Distance from home to the Academy as measured by
straight line from a point in the property determined by
Ordnance Survey to the nearest gated entrance which is
used by students to enter the Academy grounds.
Tie breaks
Where the comparison and calculation of distance is the
same for more than one application, any remaining places
will be randomly allocated.
Starting High School 2021 23Brentside High School DfE No: 307/5400 Greenford Avenue, Hanwell, London W7 1JJ 020 8575 9162 info@brentsidehigh.ealing.sch.uk www.brentsidehigh.ealing.sch.uk Headteacher/principal Arwel Jones Type of school Foundation, mixed Ages 11 to 19 Published admission number for year 7 288 Open day programme 2020: Wednesday 23 September 5:30pm to 8:30pm, headteacher’s talk at 6pm and 7pm Location: The school is at the junction of Greenford Avenue and Ruislip Road East. 24 Starting High School 2021
Brentside High School
Admissions criteria How places were offered in 2020
The below criteria has been summarised, for the full
Admissions Offers made on national
admissions policy and arrangements please visit the school
criteria offer day
website: www.brentsidehigh.ealing.sch.uk
Criteria 1 to 4 All applicants offered
Published admission number: 288 places
Where the number of applications is less than the published Waiting lists
admission number all applicants will be offered a place. If it is not possible to offer a place to a child immediately,
parents can ask for their child’s name to be placed on
Where the number of applications is greater than the a waiting list. The criteria for admission will be used to
published admission number; after the allocation of determine the position on the waiting list.
children with an EHC plan, the admission criteria will be
applied in the following order of priority: The waiting list for Year 7 places will be maintained until the
end of the autumn term. Waiting lists for other year groups
1. Looked after children and previously looked after will be cleared at the end of each term.
children. Previously looked after children are children
who were looked after, but ceased to be so because Sixth form admissions
they were adopted (or became subject to a residence Applications for sixth form are made directly to the school.
order or special guardianship order). Please visit the school website for the sixth form admissions
policy: www.brentsidehigh.ealing.sch.uk
2. Children with an older brother or sister attending the
school at the time of application who will be at the
school in September 2020. Sibling refers to brother or
sister, half brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, For detailed information about the school and to
step brother or sister, or the child of the parent / carer’s read their prospectus please visit the school website:
partner and, in every case, the child should be living in www.brentsidehigh.ealing.sch.uk
the same family unit at the same address.
3. Children with a parent who has been employed by
Brentside High School for a minimum of two years
before date of application or who has been recruited to
meet a particular skills shortage.
4. Proximity of the child’s home to the school measured
as a straight line. The distance from the child’s home
to Brentside High School is measured by straight line
from the front door of the child’s home to the nearest
gated entrance which is used by students to enter the
school grounds.
Tie breaks
If two or more students have equal priority under the
distance criteria random allocation will be used.
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